Photographer: Johanneke Kroesbergen-Kamps / Unsplash

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I chanced upon this photograph on Unsplash and just had to share it with you. Yes, I did post it on my Facebook page yesterday; still, when I see a photograph that captures so much detail, I just can’t get enough of it. The texture of the bark on the nearest trees, the lichen on four other trees, and the fog that seems to become denser as one wanders down the trail all go to make this a most remarkable photograph. Bravo to Johanneke Kroesbergen-Kamps!

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I never could have caught this likeness with my little pocket digital camera. This required a fine digital SLR camera, no doubt with an enhanced lens, and very precise settings. Herr / Frau Kroesbergen-Kamps surely must be a professional photographer. I wish Unsplash, Pixabay, and other such sites told a bit about the photographers who post there. Their histories must be fascinating!

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Wouldn’t you just love to see this scene captured in springtime or summer? Perhaps, some wildflowers might grow along the trail, or perhaps, a deer might walk across the trail just as a photographer snaps the picture . . .

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That raises a question: Why do the eyes of animals appear white in night photography? I think I’ll do a quick bit of research and see what I can learn. Okay! It seems that the eyes of nocturnal animals have a reflective surface behind the retina – the tapetum lucidum – that acts as a mirror to reflect light photons and helps the animals to see at night. Cameras pick it up as white circles where the animals’ eyes are located. Humans do not have this reflective surface, so our night vision is far less than theirs. Interesting. I did not know that.

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